Sandra Odendahl, P.Eng., CFA

President and CEO of CMC Research Institutes

Special Guest on the Expert Panel for: Ontario 2018

Sandra Odendahl is President and CEO of CMC Research Institutes, an environmental techand innovation company that provides facilities for testing and scaling-up new technologiesthat reduce industrial carbon emissions. She joined CMCRI in September 2017 with over 20years of experience in environmental science, engineering, and responsible finance. Shepreviously headed the Royal Bank of Canada’s Corporate Sustainability, Social Finance andSocial Innovation teams. At RBC, she was instrumental in developing, launching and leadingRBC’s Social Finance Initiative, a $20 million commitment to catalyse social finance inCanada through impact investing, support for social enterprise, research, and otherpartnerships.

Ms. Odendahl is Chair of the Board of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund, and a board directorof the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA). Sandra has a degree in chemical engineeringfrom the University of Ottawa and an M.A.Sc from the University of Toronto. She is alicensed professional engineer, and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.Sandra lives with her husband and two children in Toronto.